Firestone High School athletic director Brian Fuller confirmed Friday that the Falcons will not have a girls golf team.

“I got a call from our coach [Scott Westphal] and he told me the numbers were down and we would not be able to field a team,” Fuller said. “He told me they only had one returning golfer [junior Brooke Morgan] with a decent amount of experience, and then some new players.”

Michael Timm, a recent Twinsburg High School graduate, signed with Wright State University to continue his academic and baseball careers on scholarship.

“He is an exceptional baseball player, a great student, and a very fine young man,” Twinsburg coach Donald R. Jones said. “Michael’s best baseball is still ahead of him. We are very proud of him here at Twinsburg High School and are looking for even greater accomplishments from him in the future.”

Tallmadge High School senior right-handed pitcher Tucker Linder is staying close to home.

Linder orally committed Tuesday to continue his baseball and academic careers at Kent State University. His decision is not shocking considering the respect and admiration he has for KSU head coach Scott Stricklin and associate head coach-pitching coach Mike Birkbeck.

Ohio.com and the Akron Beacon Journal have learned that Hoban defensive end LaTroy Lewis gave the University of Tennessee a verbal commitment to play for the Volunteers as a member of the class of 2012.

The Vols have been very active in Northeast Ohio, recently offering Copley running back Aregeros Turner this week.

According to Larry Sullivan, one of the four young men involved, the four Firestone players who transferred to Buchtel High School in the hopes of playing for coach Ricky Powers will attend Ellet High School and play for the Ellet Orangmen.

Sullivan, along with Timote Anderson, DeDonte Cheatham, Dierre Smith became embroiled in a controversy when they tried to transfer and were declared ineligible.

For fans of high school football, this is the beginning of the best time of the year.

I started by taking in 7-on-7s Tuesday night at Buchtel High School where the Griffins went through passing scrimmages (no contact) with East High School, Warrensville Heights, John F. Kennedy and John Adams from Cleveland.

Marlington senior running back Alden Hill has reportedly made a verbal commitment to play at Tennessee, according to several online published reports, including ScoutingOhio.com.

Hill, who is 6 feet 2 and 225 pounds, also had offers from Boston College, Pittsburgh, Kent State, Virginia, Northwestern, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Bowling Green, Ball State and several others, according to ScoutingOhio.com.

Hoban left-handed pitcher Matt Gebacz, a 2011 graduate, has reportedly committed to play baseball at the University of Akron, according to SportsInk.com.

Gebacz recently switched his commitment from Niagara to Akron, according to the SportsInk website. He helped the Knights reach the Division II state championship game last season, according to the site.

- Hudson junior linebacker Ben Gedeon has reportedly added an offer from Tennessee, according to ScoutingOhio.com. Gedeon, who is 6 feet 2 and 220 pounds, is one of the state’s top players in the 2013 class. He also reportedly has offers from Michigan and Penn State.

- Several area football players from the 2012 class have received recent scholarship offers, according to ScoutingOhio.com.

With teammate and fellow defensive end Greg McMullen having announced his decision for college, the other prize recruit, LaTroy Lewis, is left to make his decision.

Ohio State recruited both players, but neither will attend school there. Call it the Tressel effect, but McMullen chose Nebraska and Lewis told the Beacon Journal that he's narrowed his choices to Tennessee and Notre Dame.